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a VoL } ! , . FALLS CITY ; NEBRASKA , , FRIDAY , JUNE , 2 1905 -Whole No 74 '
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' , 'Republican County ,
r Convention Held Saturday
Time convention was called to
order by John Hossack , chairman ,
j and an organization was effected
, . by the election ot , V. H. Hogrefe ,
, 'f chairman , and John L. Cleaver ,
1-1. P. 1vIarble and A. D. : May ,
secretaries. Upon the temporary
r organization being made pertna-
1 anent , T. C. Cunningham intro-
duced the following resolutions :
Resolved , By the republicans
of Richardson county , in com'en-
tion assembled ,
First , That we present C. F.
Reavis as our first , last and only
choice for candidate for the office
of Representative in Congress
from the First Congressional dis-
trict of Nebraska.
Second , That : Mr. Reavis be
permitted to select the twentv-
four delegates from this county
to the said congressional con ven-
tion.
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Third , ' 1 lmat we present 111'
Reavis to the people of the First
Congressional district as a gentle-
man of firstclass ability , second
- , tQ none in the state , or in fact in
the whole middle west. Of ster-
ling honesty , and unswerving
integrity , and a citizen of Unblemished -
blemished private .atid profes-
sional character , and one who is
equipped at all points with the
necessary qualifications to repre-
sent the people of the First district - ; !
trict , and the whole state , in the
halls of the American congress
with as much ability and effici-
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ency as any man who has been
honored th a seat in that great
forum by the people of Nebraska.
Fourth , That we present 1\11'
H.eavis to the favorable consider-
tion of the convention to meet
in this city on June 1st , as a man
measuring to the highest stand-
ard of citizenship , and one who
will be found at all times shoul-
, del' to shoulder with the magnifi-
I cent and able administration of
President Roosevelt in his efforts
to purify the public utilities on
the basis of equal and exact justice
tice to all parties and interests.
Fifth , That an engrossed copy
I of these resolutions , signed by
the chairman and secretary of
this convention be presented to
: Mr. Reavis
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, aclopt . the resolutions by acclamation
. tiOll when D. ' 1' . Harbaug-h of the
, Grant precinct delegation raised
( all objection and desired that
, each precinct 'choose ' its own del-
egate. It was finally determined
{ m that the vote on the resolution be
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thc secretary called the roll each
delegation rose in' i a , body to announce -
nounce its vote excepting Grant.
Time secretary announced the
vote as 223 for Reavis and 10 for
nobody .
It may be stated by way of' explanation -
planation that the ten votes were
cast by Harbaugh. l\Ir. : Harbaugh
is the detective who was the star
witness for Joseph Miles : in the
Miles : will case and whose testi- ! .
mony was not given sufficient
credence by the supreme court to
merit any notice in the three
opinions handed down in the case.
As soon as the case was tried
Miles : put this detective in charge
of his ranch it1 Grant precinct
whicl is composed of many
thousand acres and employs a
large number of men. 'rhe
Grant vote was understood ' by
every member of the convention ,
one delegate remarking as Har-
baugh announced the vote , " 'm ' ime
voice is Jacob's voice , but the
hands are the hands of 1'asau. "
? Ir. Reavis was greeted with
cheers as he appeared to express
his thanks for the honor. He
spoke on the lines of harmony
and plead for a better understanding -
ing among republicans.
The delegation to the congressional : : -
sional convention is 'as follows :
Cass Jones , Martin Werner , John
1\Iarld , Jas . Stephenson , George
Peck , James Dodds , George W.
Holland , G. J. . Crook" T. J. \Yhit.
nicer , D. D. Reavis , 1-1. E. Lemon ,
Mc McHoover : C. Cunningham ,
\V. H. Hog-rcfe , Nob't Cain , jr. ,
John King , O. Ayers , P. O.
Avery , O. L. Bantz , Claud Linn ,
O. Porr , Frank Boss , Henry
Reig-er , O. . A. Cooper.
The County Central committee
was reorganized by the selection
of V.E. Dorrington as chairman ,
and the following precinct committeemen -
mitteemen , viz : Arago , Lewis
Suess ; Nor h Barada , C. H. Martin -
tin ; South Barada , John \Iarld : ;
Franklin , C. O. , Avery ; Falls City
precinct , John W. Crook ; Falls
City 1st ward ! , John Yiltse ; Falls
City 2nd ward , N 1\'Iusselman ;
Falls City 3rd ward , Carl Lippc1d
Grant , 1\1. Riley ; Humboldt pre-
cinct , O. E. Zook ; Humboldt 1st
ward , 1. Shirley ; Humbo1c1t'
ward , R. Anderson ; Jefferson , W .
W. Brown ; Liberty , W I-I. Mark ;
East Muddy , 'V. H. Morrow ;
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Vest Muddy , H. D. Yeller ; Ne-
maim' J. G. l\lcGinnis ; Ohio , G.
Gools1 y ; Porter , A. J ; Yixon ;
Rub , A Gra ham.
Decoration Day.
Last Tuesday , the 30th , was ! : ;
Decoration day and the G. A. H.
and , V. R. C. of this city met and
observed the day in an appro-
priate manner : At ten o'clock
they met at the G. A. N . hall
where good music was rendered
by a quartette } , prayer by l ev.
Haskins and a short address by
Rev. J. Cronenberger After
these exercises those assembled
formed in line and drove to Steele
cemetery wh re the usual decora-
tion services were held and the
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graves of deccased comrades and
the soldiers wives were decorated.
About thirty old soldicrs. .werc
presen t.
In the evening Capt. Gritmstead
of Humuoldt . drlivered a lecture
at the G. A. R. hall on the Phili-
pines and it was nicely illustrated -
cd by views and curios. Those
present speak very highly of the
lecture. _
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Ball ' Games . \
Last Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock the Falls City Colts played -
ed the Highland team a very exciting -
citing game of base ball , the score
being 1 to 0 in fa\'orof Highland.
The game was good from start
to finish and our boys deserve
much credit although they lost
the game. 1"horn berg , who
held first , played good ball and
made a three base hit. . jgood
crowd was out and all enjoyed
the game. Highland is out mak-
ing , l tour through this end of
the state.
The Falls City colts played a
game of base ball at Stella on
Wednesday. Time score was 6 to
2 in favor of Stella 'l"he game
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was a very clean one and ail played -
ed good bal1. Clatence Heck had
the misfortune to havc his ankle
sprained during the seventh in-
ning and this caused our boys to
finish the game with only eight
men. The returned game was
played here yesterday y evening
but we go to press too early to
give an account of it.
lIeacocks Elevator Burns
Last Wednesday morning about
four o'clock our citizens were
awakened by the ringing of the
fire bell , and was soon learned
that P. S. Heacock's elevator was
on fire. They hurried to the
place and everything was done
to keep the buildings near from
burning as the flames had gain-
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eel such headway that it , was impossible -
possible to save the elevator or ,
get any timing out of it , ag thc \ .
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building and grain were very dry ( .
and in a short time after the lire
was discovered ; the whole struc-
ture wa burned Clown. How it
originated , is a ystC.1y : to every n ;
one tiS there was no fire ill the : ti
elevator all day 'l'ucsday , The f- .
fire had such a start that noth-
jug was learned as to what part
of the building the fire started '
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'I"he 1 Heacock elevator was
well furnished throughout and 7
there were several thdusand
bushels of grain in it.Ye un-
dcrstand there were $4,000 insur-
ance on the building , and $2,000
on the grain. Time loss will be
somewhere in the neighborhood
of $11,000 ' . . . .4 ,
Commencement r
'l"he Fa11s City school has closed x
for the summer vacation. tl"hurs-
day , \ay ] 25 was the last day and I
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markefl the closing of perhaps ,
the most successful year's work
in the history of the school. The
opera house was crowded with
people who were much interested
in this great public work Time
qeh1ing was beautifully decorated -
ed in the class colors being purple
and white. Time stage was bank-
ed with potted plants , cut flowers
and palms
'l'he instrumenal music as well
as the vocal was well rendered.
The vocation was pronounced
by l eY. Griffin The class history -
tory by Kate Maddox was good.
The class poem by : Anna < 14'rehsc ;
the essays by Lena and Ruth
Aiken showed much study. The
oration by Frank Boose and . l class
prophecy by Vesta Lively were
very interest'ing. A rose drill by
Miss Gag-nons pupils was fine and
much credit is given Miss Gag-
11on. James Coupe chose for his
oration " , ] hc Graduate Problem
which was good and was we'll de-
livered.
The class play "Jede(1 ah Jud-
ldns , J. P. " was good and the
members of the class are to be
congratulated upon this grand
success.
We have heard several who
were competent to judge on such ,
remark that it was one of the
most entertaining and best ren-
dered programs ever given by a
grad uating class from our schools
'l'he pupils , the teachers , pat-
ron and audience were alike dc-
lighted. Our schools have 'made
an enviable record this year , and
we are proud of the work that is
being donc.
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